Come try out free for the annual Word Cup by visiting www.WordCupCafe.org. All three rounds of the competition take place online, and the quizzes test both vocabulary and spelling skill in a time-restricted environment.

Over $75,000 in prizes have been pledged, and in addition to rewarding the champions in each of four age categories, future Word Cups will also reward personal improvement.
At the Word Cup, everyone can win!

About eSpindle Learning:
Using the Internet to reach a diverse audience, nonprofit organization eSpindle Learning offers 100% individualized vocabulary and spelling practice to help students of all ages become confident readers and writers.
The online tutoring service delivers customized learning sessions based on a proprietary database of more than 100,000 words.
The organization was established in 2004 and matches every membership with a free license for a disadvantaged student.

We offer a large selection of literacy facts, with focus on the US.
Quotes and factoids range from "Why is reading/writing English so hard?" to extensive statistics on the effects of low literacy on a person's professional and personal life.

We provide a regularly updated practice quiz, originally designed to help learners prepare for the Word Cup (www.WordCupCafe.org).
Choose your desired level (easy, average, advanced) and test your verbal skill.
The quizzes are designed to test both active vocabulary and spelling skill.

This quiz is a variation of the core program of eSpindle Learning.
Using the Internet to reach a diverse audience, nonprofit organization eSpindle Learning offers 100% individualized vocabulary and spelling practice to help students of all ages become confident readers and writers.
The online tutoring service delivers customized learning sessions based on a proprietary database of more than 100,000 words.
The organization was established in 2004 and matches every membership with a free license for a disadvantaged student.

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We offer 10-day free trials to the fully personalized version of the quiz, and 30-day free trials for classrooms. If you find that some or all of your students would benefit from the patient, diligent and easy vocabulary practice provided by this technology, feel free to use "curriki" for a 10% reduction of the membership free.

We are currently building the largest database of free online word lists.
Our database already holds over 100 word lists, categorized by subject and source.

If you have lists of vocabulary - either in support of learning a new subject, working with a specific book or corresponding to a certain text book - please submit it here.
Together we can build a large depository of word lists, so people can quickly and easily find and share these resources.

About eSpindle Learning:
Using the Internet to reach a diverse audience, nonprofit organization eSpindle Learning offers 100% individualized vocabulary and spelling practice to help students of all ages become confident readers and writers.
The online tutoring service delivers customized learning sessions based on a proprietary database of more than 100,000 words.
The organization was established in 2004 and matches every membership with a free license for a disadvantaged student.